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Betrayal and Manipulation
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Est deck cost: $343.73
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Esika, God of the Tree

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Esika, God of the Tree // The Prismatic Bridge (khm) 168Esika, God of the Tree // The Prismatic Bridge (khm) 168

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Archmage Emeritus

Magecraft — Whenever you cast or copy an instant or sorcery spell, draw a card.

Creature
Archmage Emeritus (otc) 90
Coercive Portal

Will of the council — At the beginning of your upkeep, starting with you, each player votes for carnage or homage. If carnage gets more votes, sacrifice this artifact and destroy all nonland permanents. If homage gets more votes or the vote is tied, draw a card.

Artifact
Coercive Portal (cns) 56
Círdan the Shipwright

Vigilance Secret council — Whenever Círdan enters or attacks, each player secretly votes for a player, then those votes are revealed. Each player draws a card for each vote they received. Each player who received no votes may put a permanent card from their hand onto the battlefield.

Creature
Círdan the Shipwright (ltc) 453
Erestor of the Council

Whenever players finish voting, each opponent who voted for a choice you voted for creates a Treasure token. You scry X, where X is the number of opponents who voted for a choice you didn't vote for. Draw a card.

Creature
Erestor of the Council (ltc) 457
Illusion of Choice

You choose how each player votes this turn. Draw a card.

Instant
Illusion of Choice (cn2) 31
Keen Duelist

At the beginning of your upkeep, you and target opponent each reveal the top card of your library. You each lose life equal to the mana value of the card revealed by the other player. You each put the card you revealed into your hand.

Creature
Keen Duelist (c21) 42
Minds Aglow

Join forces — Starting with you, each player may pay any amount of mana. Each player draws X cards, where X is the total amount of mana paid this way.

Sorcery
Minds Aglow (cmm) 105
Mob Verdict

Secret council — Each player secretly votes for another player, then those votes are revealed. For each vote an opponent received, Mob Verdict deals 2 damage to that player and each creature that player controls. For each vote you received, draw a card.

Sorcery
Mob Verdict (mkc) 33
Nael, Avizoa Aeronaut

Flying Domain — Whenever Nael deals combat damage to a player, look at the top X cards of your library, where X is the number of basic land types among lands you control. Put up to one of them on top of your library and the rest on the bottom in a random order. Then if there are five basic land types among lands you control, draw a card.

Creature
Nael, Avizoa Aeronaut (dmu) 207
Plargg and Nassari

At the beginning of your upkeep, each player exiles cards from the top of their library until they exile a nonland card. An opponent chooses a nonland card exiled this way. You may cast up to two spells from among the other cards exiled this way without paying their mana costs.

Creature
Plargg and Nassari (mat) 18
Plea for Power

Will of the council — Starting with you, each player votes for time or knowledge. If time gets more votes, take an extra turn after this one. If knowledge gets more votes or the vote is tied, draw three cards.

Sorcery
Plea for Power (plst) CNS-24
Sail into the West

Will of the council — Starting with you, each player votes for return or embark. If return gets more votes, each player returns up to two cards from their graveyard to their hand, then you exile Sail into the West. If embark gets more votes or the vote is tied, each player may discard their hand and draw seven cards.

Instant
Sail into the West (ltc) 475
Selvala's Stampede

Council's dilemma — Starting with you, each player votes for wild or free. Reveal cards from the top of your library until you reveal a creature card for each wild vote. Put those creature cards onto the battlefield, then shuffle the rest into your library. You may put a permanent card from your hand onto the battlefield for each free vote.

Sorcery
Selvala's Stampede (cn2) 71
Truth or Consequences

Secret council — Each player secretly votes for truth or consequences, then those votes are revealed. You draw cards equal to the number of truth votes. Then choose an opponent at random. Truth or Consequences deals 3 damage to that player for each consequences vote.

Sorcery
Truth or Consequences (who) 163
Wheel of Misfortune

Each player secretly chooses a number 0 or greater, then all players reveal those numbers simultaneously and determine the highest and lowest numbers revealed this way. Wheel of Misfortune deals damage equal to the highest number to each player who chose that number. Each player who didn't choose the lowest number discards their hand, then draws seven cards.

Sorcery
Wheel of Misfortune (cmr) 211

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Protection

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Council Guardian

Will of the council — When this creature enters, starting with you, each player votes for blue, black, red, or green. This creature gains protection from each color with the most votes or tied for most votes.

Creature
Council Guardian (plst) CNS-15
Guardian Archon

Flying As this creature enters, secretly choose an opponent. Reveal the player you chose: You and target permanent you control each gain protection from the chosen player until end of turn. Activate only once.

Creature
Guardian Archon (c21) 17

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Theft

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Extract Brain

Target opponent chooses X cards from their hand. Look at those cards. You may cast a spell from among them without paying its mana cost.

Sorcery
Extract Brain (otc) 225
Thieves' Auction

Exile all nontoken permanents. Starting with you, each player chooses one of the exiled cards and puts it onto the battlefield tapped under their control. Repeat this process until all cards exiled this way have been chosen.

Sorcery
Thieves' Auction (plst) MMQ-218

Theft

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Burn

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Grudge Keeper

Whenever players finish voting, each opponent who voted for a choice you didn't vote for loses 2 life.

Creature
Grudge Keeper (cns) 28
Prisoner's Dilemma

Each opponent secretly chooses silence or snitch, then the choices are revealed. If each opponent chose silence, Prisoner's Dilemma deals 4 damage to each of them. If each opponent chose snitch, Prisoner's Dilemma deals 8 damage to each of them. Otherwise, Prisoner's Dilemma deals 12 damage to each opponent who chose silence. Flashback {5}{R}{R}

Sorcery
Prisoner's Dilemma (mkc) 34

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Finisher

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Cruel Entertainment

Choose target player and another target player. The first player controls the second player during the second player's next turn, and the second player controls the first player during the first player's next turn.

Sorcery
Cruel Entertainment (c16) 11
Expropriate

Council's dilemma — Starting with you, each player votes for time or money. For each time vote, take an extra turn after this one. For each money vote, choose a permanent owned by the voter and gain control of it. Exile Expropriate.

Sorcery
Expropriate (plst) CN2-30

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Ramp

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Amulet of Vigor

Whenever a permanent you control enters tapped, untap it.

Artifact
Amulet of Vigor (plst) WWK-121
Arcane Signet

{T}: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.

Artifact
Arcane Signet (dsc) 92
Chromatic Lantern

Lands you control have "{T}: Add one mana of any color." {T}: Add one mana of any color.

Artifact
Chromatic Lantern (otc) 255
Collective Voyage

Join forces — Starting with you, each player may pay any amount of mana. Each player searches their library for up to X basic land cards, where X is the total amount of mana paid this way, puts them onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffles.

Sorcery
Collective Voyage (plst) CMD-147
Commander's Sphere

{T}: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity. Sacrifice this artifact: Draw a card.

Artifact
Commander's Sphere (dsc) 244
Hypergenesis

Suspend 3—{1}{G}{G} Starting with you, each player may put an artifact, creature, enchantment, or land card from their hand onto the battlefield. Repeat this process until no one puts a card onto the battlefield.

Sorcery
Hypergenesis (tsr) 210
Jadzi, Oracle of Arcavios

Creature
Jadzi, Oracle of Arcavios // Journey to the Oracle (stx) 151Jadzi, Oracle of Arcavios // Journey to the Oracle (stx) 151
Model of Unity

Whenever players finish voting, you and each opponent who voted for a choice you voted for may scry 2. {T}: Add one mana of any color.

Artifact
Model of Unity (ltc) 488
Omenpath Journey

When this enchantment enters, search your library for up to five land cards that have different names, exile them, then shuffle. At the beginning of your end step, choose a card at random exiled with this enchantment and put it onto the battlefield tapped.

Enchantment
Omenpath Journey (big) 18
Sol Ring

{T}: Add {C}{C}.

Artifact
Sol Ring (dsc) 94
Timeless Lotus

Timeless Lotus enters tapped. {T}: Add {W}{U}{B}{R}{G}.

Artifact
Timeless Lotus (dmu) 239
Tivit, Seller of Secrets

Flying, ward {3} Council's dilemma — Whenever Tivit enters or deals combat damage to a player, starting with you, each player votes for evidence or bribery. For each evidence vote, investigate. For each bribery vote, create a Treasure token. While voting, you may vote an additional time. (The votes can be for different choices or for the same choice.)

Creature
Tivit, Seller of Secrets (ncc) 10

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Tokens

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Alliance of Arms

Join forces — Starting with you, each player may pay any amount of mana. Each player creates X 1/1 white Soldier creature tokens, where X is the total amount of mana paid this way.

Sorcery
Alliance of Arms (plst) CMD-4
Lieutenants of the Guard

Council's dilemma — When this creature enters, starting with you, each player votes for strength or numbers. Put a +1/+1 counter on this creature for each strength vote and create a 1/1 white Soldier creature token for each numbers vote.

Creature
Lieutenants of the Guard (plst) CN2-16
Plague of Vermin

Starting with you, each player may pay any amount of life. Repeat this process until no one pays life. Each player creates a 1/1 black Rat creature token for each 1 life they paid this way.

Sorcery
Plague of Vermin (shm) 73
Sedgemoor Witch

Menace Ward—Pay 3 life. (Whenever this creature becomes the target of a spell or ability an opponent controls, counter it unless that player pays 3 life.) Magecraft — Whenever you cast or copy an instant or sorcery spell, create a 1/1 black and green Pest creature token with "When this token dies, you gain 1 life."

Creature
Sedgemoor Witch (stx) 86

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Counters

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Emissary Green

Whenever Emissary Green attacks, starting with you, each player votes for profit or security. You create a number of Treasure tokens equal to twice the number of profit votes. Put a number of +1/+1 counters on each creature you control equal to the number of security votes.

Creature
Emissary Green (clu) 5
Orchard Elemental

Council's dilemma — When this creature enters, starting with you, each player votes for sprout or harvest. Put two +1/+1 counters on this creature for each sprout vote. You gain 3 life for each harvest vote.

Creature
Orchard Elemental (cn2) 68

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Instant

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Second Sight

Choose one — • Look at the top five cards of target opponent's library, then put them back in any order. • Look at the top five cards of your library, then put them back in any order. Entwine {U} (Choose both if you pay the entwine cost.)

Instant
Second Sight (dst) 33

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Recursion

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Custodi Squire

Flying Will of the council — When this creature enters, starting with you, each player votes for an artifact, creature, or enchantment card in your graveyard. Return each card with the most votes or tied for most votes to your hand.

Creature
Custodi Squire (cmm) 19
Extus, Oriq Overlord

Creature
Extus, Oriq Overlord // Awaken the Blood Avatar (stx) 149Extus, Oriq Overlord // Awaken the Blood Avatar (stx) 149
Flood of Recollection

Return target instant or sorcery card from your graveyard to your hand. Exile Flood of Recollection.

Sorcery
Flood of Recollection (cmr) 61

Recursion

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Ballot Broker

While voting, you may vote an additional time. (The votes can be for different choices or for the same choice.)

Creature
Ballot Broker (cn2) 13
Brago's Representative

While voting, you get an additional vote. (The votes can be for different choices or for the same choice.)

Creature
Brago's Representative (plst) CNS-14
The Lord of Pain

Menace Your opponents can't gain life. Whenever a player casts their first spell each turn, choose another target player. The Lord of Pain deals damage equal to that spell's mana value to the chosen player.

Creature
The Lord of Pain (dsc) 3

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Land

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Bountiful Landscape

{T}: Add {C}. {T}, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a basic Forest, Island, or Mountain card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle. Cycling {G}{U}{R} ({G}{U}{R}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Land
Bountiful Landscape (mh3) 217
Command Tower

{T}: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.

Land
Command Tower (dsc) 96
Contaminated Landscape

{T}: Add {C}. {T}, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a basic Plains, Island, or Swamp card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle. Cycling {W}{U}{B} ({W}{U}{B}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Land
Contaminated Landscape (mh3) 218
Deceptive Landscape

{T}: Add {C}. {T}, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a basic Plains, Swamp, or Forest card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle. Cycling {W}{B}{G} ({W}{B}{G}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Land
Deceptive Landscape (mh3) 219
Exotic Orchard

{T}: Add one mana of any color that a land an opponent controls could produce.

Land
Exotic Orchard (dsc) 275
Foreboding Landscape

{T}: Add {C}. {T}, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a basic Swamp, Forest, or Island card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle. Cycling {B}{G}{U} ({B}{G}{U}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Land
Foreboding Landscape (mh3) 221
Forest

({T}: Add {G}.)

Land
Forest (thb) 254
Island

({T}: Add {U}.)

Land
Island (thb) 251
Mountain

({T}: Add {R}.)

Land
Mountain (thb) 253
Perilous Landscape

{T}: Add {C}. {T}, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a basic Island, Mountain, or Plains card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle. Cycling {U}{R}{W} ({U}{R}{W}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Land
Perilous Landscape (mh3) 223
Plains

({T}: Add {W}.)

Land
Plains (thb) 250
Rupture Spire

This land enters tapped. When this land enters, sacrifice it unless you pay {1}. {T}: Add one mana of any color.

Land
Rupture Spire (cmr) 355
Seething Landscape

{T}: Add {C}. {T}, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a basic Island, Swamp, or Mountain card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle. Cycling {U}{B}{R} ({U}{B}{R}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Land
Seething Landscape (mh3) 225
Sheltering Landscape

{T}: Add {C}. {T}, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a basic Mountain, Forest, or Plains card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle. Cycling {R}{G}{W} ({R}{G}{W}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Land
Sheltering Landscape (mh3) 227
Swamp

({T}: Add {B}.)

Land
Swamp (thb) 252
Tranquil Landscape

{T}: Add {C}. {T}, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a basic Forest, Plains, or Island card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle. Cycling {G}{W}{U} ({G}{W}{U}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Land
Tranquil Landscape (mh3) 231
Twisted Landscape

{T}: Add {C}. {T}, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a basic Swamp, Mountain, or Forest card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle. Cycling {B}{R}{G} ({B}{R}{G}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Land
Twisted Landscape (mh3) 232

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Bite of the Black Rose

Will of the council — Starting with you, each player votes for sickness or psychosis. If sickness gets more votes, creatures your opponents control get -2/-2 until end of turn. If psychosis gets more votes or the vote is tied, each opponent discards two cards.

Sorcery
Bite of the Black Rose (cns) 26
Call to the Void

Each player secretly chooses a creature they control and a creature they don't control. Then those choices are revealed. Destroy each creature chosen this way.

Sorcery
Call to the Void (clb) 118
Capital Punishment

Council's dilemma — Starting with you, each player votes for death or taxes. Each opponent sacrifices a creature of their choice for each death vote and discards a card for each taxes vote.

Sorcery
Capital Punishment (cn2) 40
Council's Judgment

Will of the council — Starting with you, each player votes for a nonland permanent you don't control. Exile each permanent with the most votes or tied for most votes.

Sorcery
Council's Judgment (otc) 79
Druid of Purification

When this creature enters, starting with you, each player may choose an artifact or enchantment you don't control. Destroy each permanent chosen this way.

Creature
Druid of Purification (afc) 39
Grenzo's Rebuttal

Create a 4/4 red Ogre creature token. Starting with you, each player chooses an artifact, a creature, and a land from among the permanents controlled by the player to their left. Destroy each permanent chosen this way.

Sorcery
Grenzo's Rebuttal (cns) 33
Illicit Auction

Each player may bid life for control of target creature. You start the bidding with a bid of 0. In turn order, each player may top the high bid. The bidding ends if the high bid stands. The high bidder loses life equal to the high bid and gains control of the creature. (This effect lasts indefinitely.)

Sorcery
Illicit Auction (6ed) 190
Magister of Worth

Flying Will of the council — When this creature enters, starting with you, each player votes for grace or condemnation. If grace gets more votes, each player returns each creature card from their graveyard to the battlefield. If condemnation gets more votes or the vote is tied, destroy all creatures other than this creature.

Creature
Magister of Worth (c21) 223
Malik, Grim Manipulator

When Malik, Grim Manipulator enters, you and target opponent each secretly choose a creature that player controls. Then those choices are revealed, and that player sacrifices those creatures. Whenever an opponent sacrifices a creature, you create a Treasure token.

Creature
Malik, Grim Manipulator (slx) 23
Order of Succession

Choose left or right. Starting with you and proceeding in the chosen direction, each player chooses a creature controlled by the next player in that direction. Each player gains control of the creature they chose.

Sorcery
Order of Succession (c13) 52
Split Decision

Will of the council — Choose target instant or sorcery spell. Starting with you, each player votes for denial or duplication. If denial gets more votes, counter the spell. If duplication gets more votes or the vote is tied, copy the spell. You may choose new targets for the copy.

Instant
Split Decision (cns) 25
Trap the Trespassers

Secret council — Each player secretly votes for a creature you don't control, then those votes are revealed. For each creature with one or more votes, put that many stun counters on it, then tap it. (If a permanent with a stun counter would become untapped, remove one from it instead.)

Instant
Trap the Trespassers (ltc) 427
Trial of a Time Lord

(As this Saga enters and after your draw step, add a lore counter. Sacrifice after IV.) I, II, III — Exile target nontoken creature an opponent controls until this Saga leaves the battlefield. IV — Starting with you, each player votes for innocent or guilty. If guilty gets more votes, the owner of each card exiled with this Saga puts that card on the bottom of their library.

Enchantment
Trial of a Time Lord (who) 29
Twisted Reflection

Choose one — • Target creature gets -6/-0 until end of turn. • Switch target creature's power and toughness until end of turn. Entwine {B} (Choose both if you pay the entwine cost.)

Instant
Twisted Reflection (mh1) 74
Tyrant of Discord

When this creature enters, target opponent chooses a permanent they control at random and sacrifices it. If a nonland permanent is sacrificed this way, repeat this process.

Creature
Tyrant of Discord (avr) 162
Tyrant's Choice

Will of the council — Starting with you, each player votes for death or torture. If death gets more votes, each opponent sacrifices a creature of their choice. If torture gets more votes or the vote is tied, each opponent loses 4 life.

Sorcery
Tyrant's Choice (cns) 30
Valorous Stance

Choose one — • Target creature gains indestructible until end of turn. (Damage and effects that say "destroy" don't destroy it.) • Destroy target creature with toughness 4 or greater.

Instant
Valorous Stance (otc) 88
Vault 11: Voter's Dilemma

(As this Saga enters and after your draw step, add a lore counter. Sacrifice after III.) I — For each opponent, you create a 1/1 white Human Soldier creature token. II, III — Each player secretly votes for up to one creature, then those votes are revealed. If no creature got votes, each player draws a card. Otherwise, destroy each creature with the most votes or tied for most votes.

Enchantment
Vault 11: Voter's Dilemma (pip) 121
Whims of the Fates

Starting with you, each player separates all permanents they control into three piles. Then each player chooses one of their piles at random and sacrifices those permanents. (Piles can be empty.)

Sorcery
Whims of the Fates (c16) 139

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Tokens & Extras

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Avatar

Haste Whenever this creature attacks, it deals 3 damage to each opponent.

Creature Token
Avatar (tstx) 1
Clue

{2}, Sacrifice this token: Draw a card.

Artifact Token
Clue (tblc) 37
Human Soldier

Creature Token
Human Soldier (tdsc) 3
Ogre

Creature Token
Ogre (tcns) 4
Pest

When this creature dies, you gain 1 life.

Creature Token
Pest (tblc) 34
Rat

Creature Token
Rat (tblc) 19
Soldier

Creature Token
Soldier (tblc) 8
Treasure

{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.

Artifact Token
Treasure (tdsk) 15

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Deck stats

19 pips - 16 cards
15 mana - 13 cards
24 pips - 20 cards
15 mana - 13 cards
20 pips - 17 cards
15 mana - 13 cards
23 pips - 14 cards
15 mana - 13 cards
16 pips - 12 cards
15 mana - 13 cards
0 pips - 0 cards
11 mana - 10 cards
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